Ballistic stretching. This type uses repeated bouncing movements, like dropping down into a crouch and then springing straight up into the air by pushing off on the balls of your feet repeatedly.

A bit of bouncing, known as ballistic stretching, may help you achieve a deeper expression of a stretch, but it’s generally discouraged by movement professionals. We spoke with three experts to ...

"These stretches will typically be to prepare you for your movements in your workout," says Norvell. Ballistic stretches are a type of stretching that uses "rapid, jerky repetitive movements to ...

Since there's no final passive stretch, the CRAC method is one of the safest PNF techniques to perform. Hold-relax-swing method. This technique involves ballistic or dynamic stretches combined ...

Has anything changed? The argument goes that held, passive stretches in particular – but even dynamic and ballistic ones – can impair subsequent athletic performance. It’s argued that an ...

Static stretching and ballistic stretching both help in improving hamstring flexibility, which, in term increases range of motion of knee extension. So, the main objectives of this study are to ...

Recently, it has been shown that ballistic stretching can significantly increase tendon elasticity. These findings have important clinical implications for treatment and prevention of tendon injuries.